Endlessly by Duffy misses top five in album chart - BBC News BBC News Endlessly by Duffy misses top five in album chart 5 December 2010 Close share panel Image caption Duffy's single Well, Well, Well failed to make the top 40 last week Singer Duffy, whose debut album Rockferry was the best-selling album in the UK in 2008, has failed to make the top five with her new collection. Endlessly, featuring single Well, Well, Well, was a new entry at nine while X Factor runner-up Olly Murs went in at two with his self-titled debut album Love, Live, Life by N-Dubz was a new entry at seven. Take That's Progress was number one for a third week. The X Factor Finalists stayed top of the singles chart with Heroes. And Ellie Goulding remained at number two with her cover of Elton John's Your Song. There were new entries, meanwhile, for Pussycat Doll Nicole Scherzinger with Poison, at three, and for Who's That Chick, by David Guetta featuring Rihanna, at nine.

Coldplay's festive single Christmas Lights went into the chart at number 18 while Girls by N-Dubz - the second single from Love, Live, Life - was a new entry at 23. Duffy Duffy Musician/Band Biography Duffy is a Welsh singer-songwriter, her debut album Rockferry entered the UK album chart at Number One in 2008 and became the best-selling album of the year. Her album was also awarded with a Grammy as Best Pop Vocal Album. At this time she was a small girl with a big voice whose blue-eyed pop-soul has been inescapable since the beginning of the year "I'm starting to get a grip on it", she says of her new founded fame 'A few weeks ago I had a weird feeling where it was all too much. And I just thought 'I can do this', and that I've got nothing to winge about". Duffy has been read more ... Duffy is a Welsh singer-songwriter, her debut album Rockferry entered the UK album chart at Number One in 2008 and became the best-selling album of the year. Her album was also awarded with a Grammy as Best Pop Vocal Album.

At this time she was a small girl with a big voice whose blue-eyed pop-soul has been inescapable since the beginning of the year "I'm starting to get a grip on it", she says of her new founded fame 'A few weeks ago I had a weird feeling where it was all too much. And I just thought 'I can do this', and that I've got nothing to winge about". Duffy has been likened to Sandie Shaw, Petula Clark and Lulu, but the most relentless comparison has been with Dusty Springfield, another panda-eyed white-blonde torch singer with husky vocals. Her big break in music, however, came when she was introduced by a fellow musician to Jeanette Lee, the co-founder of the fabled indie record label Rough trade, Lee became Duffy's manager, this introducing her to Bernard Butler, the respected producer and former Suede guitarist. The result is that, under the tutoring of Butler and Lee, she has matured into a confident and accomplished young woman.

Social Media She was bigger than Adele - now Duffy's making an unusual comeback - Music Business Worldwide She was bigger than Adele – now Duffy’s making an unusual comeback 953 shares By Tim Ingham Duffy’s career has become a cautionary tale for young performers entering the music business. In March 2008, she released her debut album, Rockferry, on A&M in the UK and Mercury in the US. A commercial triumph, featuring tracks co-written by the likes of Steve Booker, Bernard Butler and Eg White, it won the Welsh artist a Grammy for Best Pop Vocal Album and three BRIT Awards. Backed by heavy international radio play, lead single Mercy was a No.1 in ten territories, including the UK, Germany, The Netherlands and Norway. Rockferry was the bestselling album of 2008 in the UK, where it shifted more than 1.7m copies – beating the likes of Take That’s Circus, Rihanna’s Good Girl Gone Bad and Leona Lewis’s Spirit. And it was the fourth biggest-selling LP around the world that year, with 4.5m sales.

To date, it’s sold more than 6.5m copies globally, with more than 2m in the UK alone. Those figures trounced the debut album from a certain Adele Adkins, whose 19 – issued in January 2008 – sold less than 500,000 in the UK that year. But the music biz is a cruel mistress, as Duffy can testify better than anyone. The artist made a famous career misstep in early 2009, appearing in a Diet Coke ad that put her – and her unique vocal styling – front and centre of a £35m campaign. The TV ad, made by agency Mother, met with a cruel reaction from critics and the public. Although suggestions it ‘ruined Duffy’s career’ may be a little OTT, it certainly put a puncture in her ascent – and carries a disastrous reputation to this day… One branding agency expert tells MBW: “Duffy’s Diet Coke ad remains the ‘how not to…’ standard for anyone involved with bringing together brands and artists.

“It made all the no-nos: over-exposing an artist, an unnatural fit, no explanation as to why the act and the brand made sense together… “But what everyone’s probably still too scared to admit is that the reaction was actually a product of its time. Six years ago, you had to tread so carefully as an artist to avoid ‘sell-out’ accusations. “These days artist branding deals are so common – we’re used to them.” “The duffy diet coke ad probably wouldn’t cause anywhere near the outrage today that it did in 2009.” MBW Source So would Duffy get away with it now? “Look, it still makes lots of mistakes and it’s hard to watch. “But I don’t think that in 2015 it probably would cause anywhere near the outrage and ridicule that it did at the time. Not that I want my name attached to that statement!” Surrounded by predictions of global superstardom in the run-up to her second album, 2010’s Endlessly, Duffy split with much of the industry team that had helped forge Rockferry’s success.

Crucially, that included her manager (and Rough Trade co-founder) Jeannette Lee, who parted ways with Duffy months before Endlessly arrived. The album stiffed to a shocking degree. Even though it scraped into the UK Top 10, it sold less than a tenth of Rockferry’s numbers. In contrast to Mercy – the unstoppable global smash from Rockferry – Endlessly’s lead single, Well, Well, Well, couldn’t even manage an entry in the Official UK Top 40. No more singles were issued from the project. Promotion was cut back. Duffy didn’t release any original material in the five years that followed. Her pop career appeared to be over. Until that is, last week. On Friday, Duffy quietly released her first single in half a decade – Whole Lot Of Love – as part of the soundtrack to Tom Hardy-starring British gangster movie Legend. As well as performing as singer Timi Yuro in the film, Duffy has recorded three tracks for the OST, including Are You Sure? and Make The World Go Away.

[Make The World Go Away was a Yuro standard in the 1960s.] There’s an extra layer of industry intrigue to her return too: Duffy’s old record company at Universal clearly hasn’t given up on the artist, but is deliberately re-introducing her to the public in an unusual manner. According to the CEO of Universal parent Vivendi, Arnaud de Puyfontaine, Duffy’s return on Universal Music Catalogue (UMC) is the product of a new drive for cross-media collaboration. The company responsible for producing Legend, StudioCanal, is also owned by Vivendi, and has agreed to give UMG artists, especially Duffy, the chance to shine in their picture. “UMG and StudioCanal are actively working together on other soundtrack albums,” says de Puyfontaine. “UMG and studiocanal are actively working together on other soundtrack albums.” Arnaud de puyfontaine, Vivendi “UMG will soon be sharing a joint office with Canal+ in the Ivory Coast [to] reinforce its presence in Africa after the broadcast of UMG’s Island Africa Talent show on the Canal+ A+ channel last year.

“It’s an additional step in the co-operation between our two businesses.” That co-operation has provided a potential lifeline for Duffy’s career, which not too long ago looked dead in the water. The artist may find additional motivation in the fact that her comeback has arrived just as the world anticipates a new album from its biggest pop megastar. The fortunes of Adele’s record-breaking second album were in stark contrast to those of Duffy’s Endlessly: 21 has now sold around 30m copies worldwide, with more than 14m in the US alone. Meanwhile, in a music biz reflection of the hare and the tortoise, the lifetime sales of Adele’s debut LP, 19, have now slightly overtaken Rockferry in the UK – despite a 1.5m sales deficit at the end of 2008. It seems a long time since the 2009 Grammys, when the Someone Like You star pipped her Welsh peer to the Best New Artist gong, and said: “I want to thank my manager, Jonathan, and my mum – she’s in London. Everyone at Columbia, thank you, everyone at XL, thank you. “Duffy: I love you.

I think you’re amazing.” Music Business Worldwide Duffy - Music on Google Play Duffy About the artist Duffy is a Welsh singer, songwriter and actress. Born in Gwynedd, Wales, she was introduced to Jeannette Lee of Rough Trade Records, which led to her signing a recording contract with A&M Records in 2007. Following the release of the singles "Rockferry" and "Mercy", the latter reaching singles charts worldwide, Duffy released her 2008 debut album Rockferry. The album entered the UK Album Chart at number one, and became the best-selling album in the United Kingdom in 2008 with 1.68 million copies sold. The album was certified several times Platinum and sold over 7 million copies worldwide, spawning further successful singles. With "Mercy", Duffy became the first Welsh woman to achieve number-one on the UK Singles Chart since 1983, while Rockferry was awarded the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album amongst further nominations at the 51st Grammy Awards. In 2009, she won three Brit Awards for British Breakthrough, Best British Female and Best British Album.

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The album became a worldwide success, becoming the best selling album in the UK in 2008, with 1.7 million copies sold. The album was the fourth best selling album of 2008 worldwide. Prior to releasing the album, Duffy appeared twice… read more Don't want to see ads? Subscribe now Tracklist Duffy is 2008’s biggest-selling artist | MusicRadar Duffy is 2008’s biggest-selling artist Duffy is 2008’s biggest-selling artist Only Coldplay and Nickelback are flying the flag for guitar bands Shares Duffy - life's a beach etc New figures released today (7 July) by the Official UK Charts Company show that Duffy has secured both the best-selling album and single of 2008 so far. The Welsh singer's debut album, Rockferry, is the biggest-selling album of 2008, while Mercy is the best-selling single. Both went to Number 1 in the UK and she debuted in the US album charts at 4. The rundowns are bad news for rock bands.

Nickelback and Coldplay and are the only guitar-based bands in the album Top 10s - and MusicRadar might argue that Nickelback's appearance is bad news for music, full stop. Here's the rundown on what the UK public has been buying. The best-selling singles of 2008 so far are 1. Duffy â Mercy 3. Basshunter featuring DJ Mental Theo â Now You're Gone 4. Estelle featuring Kanye West â American Boy 5. Madonna featuring Justin Timberlake â 4 Minutes 6. Flo Rida featuring T-Pain â Low 7. Sam Sparrow â Black And Gold 8. Rihanna â Don't Stop The Music 9. Adele â Chasing Pavements 10. H Two O featuring Platinum â What's It Gonna Be The best-selling albums of 2008 so far are 1. Duffy â Rockferry 2. Coldplay â Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends 3. Nickleback â All The Right Reasons 4.

Scouting For Girls â Scouting For Girls 5. Amy Winehouse â Back To Black (Deluxe Edition) 6. Leona Lewis â Spirit 7. Adele â 19 8. Amy MacDonald â This Is The Life 9. Mika â Life In Cartoon Motion 10. Neil Diamond â Home Before Dark Rockferry: Duffy: Amazon.ca: Music Rockferry CDN$ 16.20 & FREE Shipping on orders over CDN$ 35. Details In Stock. Want it Monday, January 23? Order it in the next and choose One-Day Shipping at checkout. Ships from and sold by Amazon.ca. Gift-wrap available. 26 new from CDN$ 10.44 37 used from CDN$ 0.31 Special Offers and Product Promotions One of these items ships sooner than the other. Show details Buy the selected items together This item:Rockferry by Duffy Audio CD CDN$ 16.20 In Stock. Ships from and sold by Amazon.ca. FREE Shipping on orders over CDN$ 35.

Details Endlessly by Duffy Audio CD CDN$ 20.00 Only 2 left in stock (more on the way). Ships from and sold by Amazon.ca. FREE Shipping on orders over CDN$ 35. Details Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought Page 1 of 1 Start over Page 1 of 1 This shopping feature will continue to load items. In order to navigate out of this carousel, please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. Audio CD (May 13 2008) Number of Discs: 1 6. Hanging On Too Long 7. Mercy 10. Distant Dreamer Product Description 2008 debut album from the Welsh singer/songwriter (not to be confused with Stephen Duffy, who released albums in the '90s under the name Duffy). Welsh songbird, Duffy, came to the attention of Rough Trade Management in 2004. Rough Trade pointed Duffy in the direction of guitarist/producer Bernard Butler (Suede/The Tears/McAlmont & Butler). Duffy spent the next couple years honing and developing her songwriting skills all the while discovering hidden musical gems that inspired her.

The fruits of her intense labor is this magnificent album, a masterclass in mature, resonant Pop, 10 tracks including the first single `Mercy'. Polydor Records. What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item? By Dhruv on May 11 2008 Format: Audio CD You would think that Duffy is one of those artists spawned from Amy Winehouse's transatlantic success, however Duffy, now 23, grew up in remote north Wales, listening to her mother's modest record collection and building up a small following of fans when, at 19, she was discovered by "60Ft Dolls" Richard Parfitt, who brought her to the attention of Jeanette Lee (once of PiL) at Rough Trade, she in turn hooked her up with Bernard Butler (Suede), Steve Booker and Jimmy Hogarth, who 'helped' write this album, so, in a every sense her debut album, "Rockferry", has been more than three years in the making. This debut by the 23-year-old Welsh singer Aimee Anne Duffy is not so much an album as a museum.

She's been hailed as the sound of 2008 but really she's the sound of 1964, or thereabouts - Rockferry is all saucer-eyed, glossy soul-pop in the style of Sandie Shaw, Dusty Springfield and even Lulu. Most of its songs are slower and grander than the fizzy Number One single "Mercy": the best examples are the mellifluous "Warwick Avenue" and the lung-busting "Distant Dreamer". But while her voice is technically unimpeachable, it isn't always very moving. It doesn't sound as if there's any heartbreak behind it - too pretty for pain, too sweet for sadness. IndieLondon wrote: "It's a moody, atmospheric effort built around Duffy's powerhouse vocal delivery and some genuinely thrilling background drum loops and strings. Butler's influence is evident throughout but the song certainly marks Duffy out as a fierce talent to watch". Tipped in UK as the sound of 2008, Rockferry actually manages to live up to the hype. Wonderfully soaked in chic, retro soul, the production deliberately pushes Duffy's smoky voice to the fore. Read more › 20 people found this helpful.

Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Sending feedback... Thank you for your feedback. Sorry, we failed to record your vote. Please try again. By Frederic White on Dec 13 2009 Format: Audio CD Verified Purchase The young singer with a 1960s American "retro" style was born in Welsh and released ROCKFERRY in 2008. Rockferry went on to sell over 6 million copies worldwide and received global praise from music critics. It amassed several major musical awards for the young artist. Rockferry became the best selling album in the UK for the entire year ending in 2008. In that same year, DUFFY won the AMERICAN GRAMMY for the BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM for her vocal delivery on ROCKFERRY. One has to listen to Rockferry only once to fully comprehend the rationale behind all of the critical praise bestowed upon this artist. The hit single "MERCY" is not the sole song that has a memorable impact on the audience.

The entire CD contains that "Phil Spector/60s/Carefree" spirit that greatly influenced the vibe and sound of radio during a portion of the early 60s. DUFFY's vocal delivery is unique yet specifically optimistic. Her "happy go lucky" vocals are reminiscent of such memorable artists as The Crystals, Darlene Love, Dusty Springfield with a dash of Petula Clark. The track "STEPPING STONE" is musically crafted to make the audience flashback to a time when "BURT BACHARACH" composed global hits for Dionne Warwick (WALK ON BY) and Dusty Springfield (WISHIN' AND HOPIN'). The hypnotic allure of Rockferry is a shameless straight forward return to the roots of pop-rock music. This is a CD that true fans of music should own within their music library. I wait with anticipation for DUFFY to release her follow up to this great musical treat! ROCKFERRY is anything but forgettable disposable pop music - as is often the case with current releases heavily hyped by tired music labels. 3 people found this helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Sending feedback... Thank you for your feedback.

Sorry, we failed to record your vote. Please try again. By Adam Haight on April 4 2013 Format: LP Record Verified Purchase i have a copy of the CD which is excellent and one of my favorite albums the year it came out (2009 i think). i bought the vinyl LP so i could enjoy on my record player (old school), there was a lag of about 2 weeks between the time i ordered and when the LP was actually shipped. once it was shipped it arrived pretty quickly, in a matter of days but unfortunately the LP was warped, not so much that it won't play but enough to be aggravating. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Sending feedback... Thank you for your feedback. Sorry, we failed to record your vote. Please try again. The best albums of 2008 - by the hot artists | Music | The Guardian 2008 in review The best albums of 2008 - by the hot artists We asked this year's most talked-about acts to reveal their favourite releases of the past year. The music that inspired them is as eclectic as you'd imagine, from AC/DC to the Acorn ...

and Beethoven The mighty Kings of Leon. Photograph: Courtesy of Columbia Interviews by Ally Carnwath and Imogen Carter Saturday 29 November 2008 19.01 EST First published on Saturday 29 November 2008 19.01 EST Close Estelle Her second album Shine was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize. She also won Best UK Female and Best Song for American Boy at the Mobo awards. This year I loved the energy of Santogold's self-titled album (Warner). You can just leave it to play and be happy all day. It reminds me of Portobello on a Saturday afternoon. Raphael Saadiq came back with an album - The Way I See It (Sony BMG) - which was straight-down classic Motown. Every song is like a different era of Motown. You want to doo-wop and the shoo-wop-ba-dop with it. Everything sounds exactly like it did back in the day. Not to take away from Amy, but this is the real shit. Sarah Harding, Girls Aloud One-fifth of pop group Girls Aloud, who released the number one album Out of Control in November.

Kings of Leon's Only by the Night (RCA) is one record I really enjoyed. 'Sex on Fire' is probably my song of the year. I could tell it was going to go to the top as soon as I heard it. It's such an anthem; it's got a great melody, great lyrics, everything fits right in that song. I saw them at V Festival; I was standing backstage and I could see the whole crowd jumping and I just wanted to go out and jump and surf the crowd. I'm playing AC/DC's album Black Ice (Columbia) a lot in my car. I love all their old stuff as well - it's old school rock'n'roll and they've still got that sound on the go. They're not trying to change it too much and I like that. Alexis Taylor, Hot Chip Lead singer. Hot Chip's third album Made in the Dark was described by Observer pop critic Kitty Empire as 'whip-smart meta-pop' The Nortec Collective Presents Bostich + Fussible record Tijuana Sound Machine (Nacional Records) is poppier and catchier than anything else I've heard this year. Nortec Collective mix Mexican traditional music with techno.

It's very upbeat party music, a strange hybrid of accordions and snare drums that reminds you of a mariachi band but with a clear techno influence. I've also been getting into Ken Bradshaw (Brown Sounds) by Total Life. It's a strange instrumental record that's a tribute to surfing and to Bradshaw, who rode the biggest wave in history. It has the quality of being immersed in a massive wave, very fast and minimal. Guy Garvey, Elbow Lead singer. Elbow's fourth album The Seldom Seen Kid won this year's Mercury Music Prize. Glory Hope Mountain (Bella Union) by the Acorn is just beautiful. It's inspired by conversations the singer Rolf Klausener had with his mother about her life. One of the lyrics that sticks in my head is: 'Your rosy lungs were empty on the day that you were born / And no one thought you'd see it past the morning.' It's such a beautiful image - anxious, tender and full of drama. I think I Am Kloot's I Am Kloot Play Moolah Rouge (Skinny Dog) is the only true rock'n'roll record released this year.

You've got true, earnest, honest songwriting with the power of the Stooges. TV on the Radio's Dear Science (4AD) is without a shadow of a doubt Elbow's favourite record of the year. It's so rare that we all agree on a record, but all five of us have really got our teeth into that album. Mariam, Amadou and Mariam Mariam Doumbia is one half of the Malian pop duo who headlined the second stage at Latitude Festival in July. Rokia Traoré's album Tchamantché (Nonesuch) is serene and beautiful. Her singing is intimate and her guitar style combines traditional Malian with modern, which is the kind of thing we do. Her music reminds me of my mother singing to me as a child. I also love Damon Albarn's Monkey opera (XL). When we were working on our new album with him, he invited us to a performance. It reminded me of the Chinese music I used to listen to in Mali every Sunday on the radio. Julie Fowlis Won Folk Singer of the Year at this year's BBC Folk Awards.

I totally fell in love with Africa to Appalachia by Jayme Stone and Mansa Sissoko ( jaymestone.com ). Jayme is a virtuoso banjo player from Canada who went to Mali to research the old ways of playing banjo and developed a relationship with this amazing kora player Mansa Sissoko. Their album marries music from Mansa's community with Jayme's old-time influences. It sounds like it wouldn't work, but it's a triumph. Another of my favourites is Margaret Stewart's record Togaidh mì mo Sheòlta (Greentrax). All the songs are Gaelic songs and the record represents a really important part of a culture and singing tradition that we are in danger of losing. I also love Elevate (Linn Records) by Fiona Mackenzie, one of the freshest albums I've heard coming out of the Highlands in a long time. Ezra Koenig, Vampire Weekend Singer with the New York band whose eponymous debut was one of the albums of the year. I've been listening to Lil Wayne's Tha Carter III (Universal/Island) a lot.

He has unique quirks; I love the way he mispronounces words and then corrects himself, and his lyrics are great. He manages to talk about things that can be clichés of rap - drug-dealing and violence - but he twists them in a way that's often very bizarre and witty. I have a computer file with all the lyrics on, which I read with the music. You and Me (Fierce Panda) by the Walkmen is also definitely one of my favourites from this year. They are the band I saw most before Vampire Weekend formed, and were an inspiration for me. Roots Manuva He released Slime and Reason in August, 'an instant classic of British hip hop' according to the Observer's Kitty Empire. Flying Lotus's record Los Angeles (Warp) is really the first instrumental hip hop record that I've listened to from start to end and been totally intrigued by. Normally, I can't stand instrumental records but this one seems to have a real sense of space. He's definitely one to watch. I loved Infinite Livez vs Stade's record, Morgan Freeman's Psychedelic Semen (Big Dada) too. It's really out there, a proper swing-your-pants record.

I bought OH (Ohio) (Merge) by Lambchop recently. It has weird lyrics and I'm constantly rewinding and saying: 'Did he really just say that?' It's a style that's close to my heart; I love songs where you can't work out what the hell they are on about. Duncan Bellamy, Portico Quartet He plays percussion with jazz group Portico Quartet. Their debut album Knee-deep in the North Sea was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize. The eponymous Polar Bear album (Tin Angel Records) is a mini-masterpiece. I've always admired Seb Rochford's composing skills; he has these melodies and counter-melodies that are really well put together, and it has these great electronic passages. It's loads of fun too, a real blast. Tom Richards, Tom Richards Orchestra Jazz musician and composer who released the enthusiastically received Smoke and Mirrors I love the Sam Crockatt Quartet's Howeird (Cadiz Music). Sam's compositions are incredibly melodic and open, and Gwilym Simcock does the most ridiculously virtuosic piano solo on the track 'Project 1', which is worth the price of the album alone.

There's Me and There's You by the Matthew Herbert Big Band is a contemporary take on the amazing heritage of big bands in England. And I also love Licensed Premises Lifestyle (Wah Wah 45s) by Talc, which sounds like Steely Dan meets Stevie Wonder with lots of incredible horn lines and string writing. The band's name stands for the Talking and Laughing Club, and every different song is a story from the pub. It has comedy lyrics, but it's not a comedy record at all. Caroline McKay, Glasvegas The drummer with Glasvegas, one of the year's biggest breakthrough acts. I'm a big fan of Motown so when I heard Duffy's 'Mercy' I was intrigued. I don't know how you could attempt to recreate the sound of Diana Ross or Aretha Franklin but I think she gave it a damn good shot on Rockferry (Polydor). I thought it was very brave. She's got a fantastic voice but it's a bit of a girlie album. I would never listen to it in front of the boys in the band. Thomas Tantrum's self-titled debut (Sindy Stroker) is really quirky and catchy.

They're definitely ones to watch for 2009. I also think Oasis's Dig Out Your Soul (Big Brother) is magic; it takes me back to being 16 in my wee indie anorak dotting about Glasgow going to clubs. Elizabeth Watts The soprano made her recording debut in November with a brilliant collection of 20 Schubert songs. I loved the Beethoven piano sonatas played by Paul Lewis (Harmonia Mundi). I never thought I'd hear anyone play Beethoven in a way I like as much as Alfred Brendel, but Paul is fantastic. It's even, wonderfully phrased, passionate and never melodramatic; he understands the intricacy of the musical language. The Wigmore Hall Live CD Christine Brewer and Roger Vignoles is a wonderful selection of different things, such as Wagner, Wolf and Britten, and it's got probably the best recorded whistle ever on live CD. I also love Rufus Wainwright's Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall (Geffen); it's good fun to have on and do your housework to. Laura Marling Her debut album Alas I Cannot Swim was nominated for the 2008 Mercury Music Prize.

I love all of Sigur Rós's albums including the latest, Með Suð í Eyrum Við Spilum Endalaust (EMI). In June, they headlined a festival that I played with my band in Australia and we stood watching for two hours with jaws on the floor. It was the most incredible experience. I always feel there should be some beautiful moment when I put the album on, when the sun's setting or whatever, but I usually listen to it when I'm cooking. Elbow's The Seldom Seen Kid (Polydor) is also fantastic; they really deserved the Mercury Prize. The production on the album is so intricate and the songs so uplifting, particularly 'One Day Like This', which is really northern and charming. Rachel Unthank The folk band Rachel Unthank and the Winterset's second album The Bairns was nominated for the Best Album award at this year's BBC Folk Awards and also for the Mercury Music Prize. I'm a bit Antony and the Johnsons-obsessed, so I couldn't wait to get my hands on the Another World EP (Rough Trade). I was struck by its minimalism and the title track is heartbreakingly beautiful.

On tour in America, I saw the captivating Savina Yannatou and her band Primavera en Salonico. They sing traditional songs from Greece and Romania, but half their musicians have a jazz background. Savina's voice is quite unearthly and played live the songs sometimes sounded like magic spells. Their Songs of an Other (ECM) remind me of that wonderful live experience. I'm also a fan of Martin Hayes, a fiddle player, and guitarist Dennis Cahill. Their latest album, Welcome Here Again (Green Linnet), has real heart and soul. Charlie Fink, Noah and the Whale He is the singer of Noah and the Whale whose debut album Peaceful, The World Lays Me Down received widespread acclaim. Some of my favourite albums are film scores and this year I thought Jonny Greenwood's There Will Be Blood soundtrack (Nonesuch) was amazing. It's very intense, not an easy thing to sit down and listen to, but it's a masterpiece. At times, it's like Shostakovich. I went to see the film five times; there's one moment where they first strike oil that's accompanied by a huge, percussive sound and it's absolutely incredible.

We're currently working on our next record and some of Greenwood's arrangements are definitely influencing the strings on it. Another 2008 album that I really love is Heretic Pride (4AD) by the Mountain Goats; it's sparse and simple, but feels very full at the same time. Nico Muhly Classical music composer who released his latest record Mothertongue in August and who recently collaborated with Antony and the Johnsons. Soprano Renée Fleming made a wonderful recording of Strauss's Four Last Songs in 2004 and this year another, with the Munich Philharmonic and Christian Thielemann (Decca). These new recordings are great - not better, just deeper and richer. I especially like the album because it's over the top: a little extravagance in the face of thrift. I first heard Steve Reich's Daniel Variations (Nonesuch) when a friend secretly sent me a copy before it was released and I was really happy. The work is dark, but energetic, and, in a sense, hopeful. It juxtaposes sentences from Daniel, in the Old Testament, with fragments from Daniel Pearl, the American journalist murdered in Karachi in 2002.

I listen to it when I'm running. • This article was amended on Wednesday December 3 2008. Nortec Collective Presents Bostich + Fussible are signed to Nacional Records not Warner. This has been changed. Duffy (Singer) - Pics, Videos, Dating, & News Show Less In 2004, following success on Wawffactor, Duffy recorded a three-song Welsh extended play, titled AimÃ©e Duffy, while working part-time in two jobs as waitress and in a fishmongers. … Read More It later achieved 2008 Welsh chart success, charting at number-one on the "Siart C2" music chart. Duffy, now in high demand, appeared on Mint Royale's See You in the Morning as a back-up singer. Read Less Duffy was introduced to Jeanette Lee of Rough Trade Records in August 2004, after singing Richard J. Parfitt's "Oh Boy". … Read More Lee moved Duffy to Crouch End in London, orchestrating a meeting between Duffy and Suede's ex-guitar player Bernard Butler. Lee with Rough Trade would eventually manage Duffy.

After Butler had given Duffy a soul music "education" by downloading tracks on to her iPod that she could listen to while around London or travelling back to Wales, the pair co-wrote with her and helped create a new retro sound. The music included tracks Al Green, Bettye Swann, Ann Peebles, Doris Duke, Scott Walker, Phil Spector and Burt Bacharach. Duffy was quoted as saying Bettye Swann "is one of my biggest inspirations" particularly her song "Cover Me" because "it marks the time I got interested in physical contact. I was 19, and here was a woman singing 'Cover me, spread your precious love all over me.' It's very tender, but it's also, hilariously, quite crude." Read Less 2006 22 Years Old Duffy dated Cheshire born Mark Durston for over five years until November 2006. … Read More Duffy lived in Abersoch with him.<br /><br /> In September 2008, Duffy mentioned that she was "on the borderline of a nervous breakdown" because of the pressure that fame has brought her.

She said that she had considered becoming a recluse, but eventually decided against the idea for the sake of her fans. Although acknowledging that most people do mean well, she finds it "scary" when people recognise her in the street, and has been fearful of her image possibly changing the person she truly is.<br /><br /> Duffy's estimated fortune of Â£4 million placed her in 16th place in the 2009 Sunday Times listing of Great Britain's wealthiest young musicians. Read Less Show Less Duffy was contracted to A&M Records (UK) on 23 November 2007. … Read More She performed on the BBC Two television show Later with Jools Holland, which resulted in a second appearance on the related broadcast Hootenanny, where Duffy performed with Eddie Floyd. Read Less … In Wales, following Duffy's recent promotion of her music, AimÃ©e Duffy reached number-one on the "Siart C2" music chart. Read Less By 2007, Duffy was finalising her debut album effort, to be titled Rockferry, after Rock Ferry, where her grandmother lives.

… Read More She subsequently struck a US label deal with Mercury Records, a newly re-activated imprint of Island Def Jam Music Group. The first single from the album, also titled "Rockferry" was critically well-received with Allmusic calling it a "grand, sweeping ballad". Read Less … The black and white album art and video for the title track were shot by directors Luke Seomore and Joseph Bull, on and around the Ffestiniog Railway in Porthmadog, which was renamed 'Rockferry' for the occasion. According to Duffy, "The album took nearly four years to make. We had to hire cheap, tiny studios and sometimes there would be three-week periods between writing and recording." Bernard Butler, who was not initially paid, produced four songs for the album, including the single, "Rockferry". The singles "Mercy" and "Stepping Stone", were co-written and produced by Steve Booker, and the second single "Warwick Avenue", by Jimmy Hogarth and Eg White. Read Less Duffy released the debut limited edition single "Rockferry" in November 2007 followed by the Steve Booker co-written and produced single, "Mercy", which went straight to number one.

"Mercy" was the last song written for the album. … Read More The single was physically released on 25 February 2008. She revealed that both "Mercy" and "Stepping Stone" are autobiographical; "Mercy" is about "sexual liberty" and "not doing something somebody else wants you to do", and "Stepping Stone" is about not expressing her feelings to a person she fell in love with. "Warwick Avenue" was the second single released from the album. The song occurred when Duffy, then 19 years old, was familiarising herself with the London Underground and accidentally found herself at the Warwick Avenue station. The following day the song "just sort of came out". At first the video for the song was meant to be an elaborate production but ended up a tearful head shot in a taxi cab with Duffy's mascara smudging.

Duffy has said "That's as close as I'm ever going to get to doing a performance that's real in a video." Read Less Show Less Following the release of the singles "Rockferry" (2007) and "Mercy" (2008), the latter reaching singles charts worldwide, Duffy released her 2008 debut album Rockferry. … Read More The album entered the UK Album Chart at number one, and became the best-selling album in the United Kingdom in 2008 with 1.68 million copies sold. The album was certified several times Platinum and sold over 7 million copies worldwide, spawning further successful singles. With "Mercy", Duffy became the first Welsh woman to achieve number-one on the UK Singles Chart since 1983, while Rockferry was awarded the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album amongst further nominations at the 51st Grammy Awards. In 2009, she won three Brit Awards for British Breakthrough, Best British Female and Best British Album.<br /><br /> In 2010, Duffy released her second album Endlessly.

Following its relative critical and commercial failure, in February 2011, Duffy announced she would take an extended hiatus from music before beginning work on her third album, and made her acting debut in the film Patagonia. She has since appeared in, and contributed music to, the films Secret Love and Legend (both 2015), in the latter playing American singer Timi Yuro. Read Less On 22 February 2008, she appeared on Later with Jools Holland for a third time and performed "Rockferry", "Mercy", and "Stepping Stone". Duffy also made appearances on the BBC Two television programme The Culture Show on 23 February 2008, performing "Mercy". In January 2008, Duffy came second to Adele in the annual BBC News Online poll of industry experts Sound of 2008, for acts to emerge in the coming year. Butler and his musical partner David McAlmont, and a number of other musicians formed the backbone of Duffy's band for her debut album, Rockferry, which was released on A&M Records on 3 March 2008.

… By May, "Mercy" was a staple on VH1 and a hot Adult Contemporary radio hit and had been featured in the season finale of the American television medical drama Grey's Anatomy as well as being on the soundtrack album for Sex and the City: The Movie. A remix of "Mercy", featuring rap artist The Game, was released on 10 May. On 13 May Rockferry was released in the United States to positive reviews. Because of its cheap production values the album is reaping Duffy substantial financial benefits. Despite her album's success in the United States, Duffy was quoted as saying "I donât like how big American stars consider themselves an exception from humanity". In November 2008, the single "Rain on Your Parade" was released. The song was co-written & produced by Steve Booker. The song was first released on download sales only on 10 November 2008 before being released physically on 17 November 2008. Duffy describes this song as "a big, disco-y dance song". The song entered the UK Singles Chart at number twenty-two before rising to a peak of fifteen the following week.

The track was included on the deluxe edition of Rockferry. Read Less At the 2008 MOJO Awards, Duffy won the "Song of the Year" award for "Mercy" and was nominated also for "Album of the Year" and "Breakthrough Act". … Read More These three nominations were the largest number of nominations for any one act. Read Less She also received a 2008 Q Award in the category of Breakthrough Act, a nomination for the Q category of Best Track for "Mercy", a Music of Black Origin Award nomination for Best UK Female. … Read More At the MTV Europe Music Awards, she received nominations in the categories of Album of the Year, Most Addictive Track, and New Act. She performed at the EMA show.<br /><br /> Duffy has performed at concerts and festival gigs around the world. Her first American performances took place at the SXSW conference, and the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival was her first festival gig. The Coachella performance delighted the crowd with 'Rockferry', 'Serious', 'Warwick Avenue' and 'Mercy'. To coincide with the release of Rockferry, Duffy performed at the Apollo Theater in New York City.

Read Less Duffy received the honour of performing at the Royal Variety Performance 2008. In 2008, Duffy played many festivals in Europe. … Read More This included visits to French, Swedish and Irish summer festivals, amongst others. In the United Kingdom, Duffy visited venues such as Glastonbury and the Evolution Festival. Read Less She also toured the American summer festivals in 2008 for example a visit to Lollapalooza in Chicago. Duffy toured the United Kingdom and Ireland during November and December 2008. … Read More To promote Rockferry, Duffy made many visits to American television, including Late Night with Conan O'Brien, and Saturday Night Live. Duffy played a fourteen-city North American tour. Plans had called for her to open for Coldplay on six of the dates. During a concert in Cleveland, Duffy accidentally set the left side of her hair on fire. In New York, Duffy was left apologising to an audience after briefly crying. She explained to the audience that this happens in one out of every 15 of her shows when she feels exposed for reasons she does not fully understand. Duffy also made a recording for British broadcaster BBC, performing at the LSO St.

Luke's. The performance was televised in 2009 on the British television station BBC One. Read Less Show Less At the 51st Grammy Awards held in February 2009, Duffy won a Grammy Award in the category of Best Pop Vocal Album for Rockferry. … Read More Earlier she had been nominated for awards in the categories of Best New Artist and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for her single "Mercy". Read Less Duffy equalled Coldplay with four 2009 Brit Awards nominations. … Read More She eventually won three awards, including Best Album for Rockferry, one behind the record held by Blur for the most won in one night. "I cannot tell you what this means after five years of hard work," Duffy said. At the awards ceremony she performed "Warwick Avenue". Record producers & songwriters Steve Booker & Bernard Butler gained awards for their work on the Rockferry album. Read Less She shared a 2009 Ivor Novello Award in the category "Most Performed Work" with Steve Booker for their work on Mercy. Songwriter Eg White won the award for "Songwriter of the Year" in part for Warwick Avenue, which he co-wrote with Duffy.

"Mercy" was played on United States radio and television more than 3 million times earning Duffy a 2009 Broadcast Music Incorporated award. … Read More The album was nominated and shortlisted for the Album of 30 Years category at the 2010 Brit Awards.<br /><br /> The album's success led to a period of confusion about her role in the music business that nearly led her to quit music. Duffy has said that she did not mind people illegally downloading her music because she believes most people who do are kids who cannot afford the CDs and will buy them when they get older. Duffy recorded a cover of Paul McCartney and Wings' song "Live and Let Die". It was used on the War Child charity album titled War Child Heroes, Volume I. Acclaim came from Paul McCartney, saying that Duffy's version "is great â I was really impressed". Duffy and Bernard Butler wrote the song "Smoke Without Fire", which appeared on the soundtrack for the film An Education.

Read Less … Under the sub-title, "The New Amys", Adam Thompson wrote in The Times on 30 December 2007 that "Duffy, Estelle, Gabriella Cilmi and Adele lead the charge to be the next Winehouse. First sightings seem to indicate that they are all bright-eyed innocents with bags of talent â a familiar starting point, no?" She said at first she did not understand the comparisons to Dusty Springfield and believes the comparisons with others or putting her in a movement is "a gimmick" and noted that "nobody is replaceable". Later some of Springfield's friends sought out and befriended Duffy. Duffy was quoted as saying they tell her she is much like Springfield and talk to her as if she were around during the 1960s. <br /><br />Alison Goldfrapp said while Duffy has a great voice, she was trained to sound essentially like Amy Winehouse as part of a business plan, mistakenly believing that Duffy had attended the BRIT School. Noel Gallagher of Oasis has a similar perspective.

By 2009, people had stopped referring to Duffy as the "New Amy" or "New Dusty" a prospect that is a "bit more frightening because before I had certain references but now it's just me on my own". On 1 February 2009, The Times Encyclopedia of modern music named Rockferry an "Essential" Blue-eyed soul recording. Albums by Amy Winehouse and Adele were also named as essential Blue Eyed Soul recordings in the "recent" category. Read Less At the 2009 Grammy Awards Adele during her acceptance speech said that "she loves Duffy and thinks that she is amazing". … Read More Duffy lists Marvin Gaye, Phil Spector, and Arcade Fire as her musical influences.<br /><br /> Duffy has endorsed several products. In August 2008, Duffy appeared in Fashion Rocks, supporting a new range of Nivea products. Duffy has also appeared in various European television commercials endorsing the beverage Diet Coke. The campaign, showing Duffy cycling through a supermarket singing "I Gotta Be Me", was launched on British television station ITV, following the 2009 BRIT Awards, which saw Duffy take home three awards for her work.

Duffy was named as the "face" of the brand, alongside other famous women, though her initial advert for the brand was widely deemed as a career misstep. In addition, the advert went on to spark unexpected complaints about the health of children when it showed Duffy riding without protective gear, to the United Kingdom's Advertising Standards Authority. However, these claims were ultimately rejected. Read Less Duffy dated Welsh International rugby star Mike Phillips from September 2009 to May 2011. … Read More On 3 October 2012, Duffy escaped from a fire in the rented penthouse apartment in which she was living, in Kensington, London.<br /><br /> Studio albums Read Less Show Less Duffy's second album required her to slow her career. In late January 2010 Rough Trade Management, who with Jeanette Lee had managed Duffy, announced that they and the singer had parted amicably. … Read More Duffy's new management stated that "the professional relationship between Duffy and Rough Trade management has run its course." She is currently with A&M/Universal. Read Less On 16 September 2010 Duffy announced the release of her second album, Endlessly.

… Read More The album was recorded in New York, London and Spain in the year prior to the announcement. Duffy formed a songwriting partnership with Albert Hammond for the record. Endlessly was released in the United Kingdom on 29 November 2010 and placed at number 9 in the album charts of 5 December. The album's first single failed to achieve the success of previous singles, entering the UK charts at number 41 on 21 November. Called "Well, Well, Well", the single features a rhythm section by United States hip hop group The Roots. Read Less Duffy made her film debut playing the character of Sissy in the 2010 drama film Patagonia, directed by Marc Evans. … Read More Sissy's character is "a Welsh student who livens up the holiday of a young Argentinian man on a trip to Wales". The film is about Welsh Argentines living in Y Wladfa, Patagonia. Patagonia premiered at the Seattle International Film Festival on 10 June 2010, and was released in October 2010. Read Less

Question: Whose debut album "Rockferry" was the bestselling UK album of 2008?
Answer: Duffy